SYRACUSE -- A 29-year-old central New York man accused of raping a 10-year-old girl and stabbing her mother to death during a carjacking is facing new federal child pornography charges.

A grand jury on Thursday indicted David Renz of Cicero on one count of receiving and five counts of possessing child pornography, the U.S. attorney's office in Syracuse said.

The charges that he downloaded the pornography over the course of two years and had five DVDs and CDs with the material stem from an FBI investigation that led to Renz' arrest on Jan. 9. He was released a couple of days later under terms that included wearing an electronic monitoring device and staying away from places where he might encounter children.

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Authorities said Renz was able to remove and quickly reassemble the ankle bracelet so monitors didn't immediately realize he'd taken it off shortly before the March 14 carjacking.

Renz attacked the mother and child as they left an exercise class at a suburban Syracuse mall, state police said. They said the child was able to escape, apparently as her mother was being killed, and was found by a passing motorist who called for help. Troopers said they caught Renz as he was running from the scene.

He is facing murder, rape and kidnapping charges in state court.

A message seeking comment was left Thursday afternoon for the federal public defender representing Renz.